[1] Since its inception the event has grown both larger and stronger, and often attracts more players than the Australian Chess Championships.
Building contractor and chess enthusiast Erich Doeberl was born in Austria but came to Australia in 1955.
[2] Doeberl agreed to donate £100 and the tournament was publicised in national magazine Chess World.
The seven-round event was won by John Purdy with a perfect score of seven wins, zero draws and zero losses.
The highest section, the Doeberl Cup Premier, is open to players with an ACF or FIDE rating of 1900 or above and is a nine-round tournament played over five days with a 90+30 time control (90 minutes for each player and 30 seconds of increment for each move made).